Pants hanger



Ap 29 1930. 0.1. mm 6,5

PANTS HANGER Filed Jan. so, 1928 3 M 11 6 (\Tromeg Patented Apr. 29, 1930 UNITED STATES CARL 'r. :eA'r'rs, or GRAND narrnsmiorusau A jFieE PANTS HANGER Application filed January 30, 1928. Serial No. 250,362.

' This invention relates to a pants hanger adapted to be applied to. a conventionalconstruction of coat hanger. It is a primary object and purpose of the present invention to provide an exceptionally simple and economically constructed pants hanger including a rod of larger cross'sectional area than the. wire usually used for such purpose, mounting the same in a particularly simple and eifective manner. i

An understanding of the invention will be had from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which, 1 I

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a combined coat and pants hanger, the pants hanger being made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. of. the pants hanger showing the rod thereof disconnected at one end. .1.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of said hanger, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the various parts which are used in the construction of said pants hanger.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figures of the drawing. The coat hanger with its arms 1 diverging downwardly and outwardly from its middle point where the usual suspending hook 2 is connected, is of any conventional form and the construction. thereof specifically forms no part of the present invention.

In the construction of the pants hanger, a wire rod 3 is provided which at one end is bent downwardly and outwardly at an angle making an inclined section 4 which terminates in a loop 5 through which a screw may be passed to secure one end of the rod permanently at the under side of and adjacent the outer end of one of the arms 1 of the coat hanger. Closely adjacent the bent part of the section 4 and the main body of the rod 3 the metal is flattened for a short distance, as indicated at 6. The rod 3 extends toward the opposite arm of the coat hanger and a short distance therefrom is bent into a'U- shaped loop or socket 7 open at its upper side, .ieing thence continued until it reaches the underside of the opposite arm of the coat hanger where it is bent downwardly and outwardly at an angle and formedinto a loop 8 through which a second screw is passed to fasten the opposite end of the rod '3 to the underside of the other arm of the .coat hanger near its outer end. i

A U-shaped stirrup or clipof sheet metal having a bottom 9 and two vertical spaced apart legs 10 and 11 is designed for mounting on the rod 3 near one end thereof. Near the upperend of the leg 10 a slotted opening 12 is made'through which the rod 3 may freely pass, while in the upper end of the opposite legll a vertical slot 13 is made in which the "flattenedsection 6 of rod 3 seats.

This mounts thestirrup member. on the rod 3 and. holds it against moving over the rod or turnin about said rod..

A circular opening 14 is made in the leg 10 below the slot 12 therein, first described and joining therewith, and a second circular opening 15, in'axial alignment with the opening 14 but of smaller size, is made through the leg 11.; A rod 16 of wood, considerably larger in cross section than thefrod '3, passes at one end through the opening 14: and has a reduced end 17 which is received in the open ing 15 as shown. After the rod is assembled with; the clip, the edges of the leg 10 are struck, bending'and pressing the same inward and firmly engaging with and pressing into the sides of the rod 16, to hold the same from disengagement. i l

Thefree end of'the rod 16 is designed to be received in the U-shaped socket 7 of the wire rod 3. 7 may be lifted abovethe socket 7 so asto disengage therefrom. In practice the engagementof the free end of the rod 16 in the socket 7 twists the supporting clip and slightly flexes the. rod 3 imparting a tension which, when the end of the rod 16 is freed from the socket, tends to throw the rod 16 awayfrom the socket after which it will drop freely by gravity to the position shown in Fig 2,'providing plenty of space for the placing of pants over the rod-16. The rod?) lying for a part of its lengthdirectly over the rod 16 serves to press against the garment and hold it against accidental displacement-f v The construction described is very coo The .free end of the wood rod 16 nomical to manufacture consisting of three parts only, the rods 3 and 16 and the U- shaped metal clip. By reasonof the slotted opening 12 joining With the lar er opening 14 it is easy to assemble the Wire rod 8 With theloop 5 formed'at its 'endfand all the parts hensi ve -ofall forms ofstru'cture coming Within the scope thereof.

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1. A pants hanger comprising, a wire rodhaving means at its end-s adapting it for attachment to a coat hanger, said rod adjacent oneen'd thereof'being formedint'o'a U-sh'aped seat open at its upper side, aUshaped sheet meta-'11 stirrup mounted on the rod adjacent the other end thereo'f'and depending below the same, and a second rod larger incross sectional area than said Wire rod havlng one ja'cent its other end having a short vertically positioned flattenedportion, a U-shaped stirconnect With end thereof connected with said stirrup bel-o-W said vvire rod, the opposite free end of said second rod being adaptedto detachably said seat for the purposes de scribed. 1 v p 2. pants hanger comprising a rod adapted to be connected at. its ends to the farms of'a- 'c'oat'hanger, said rod. near one end thereof beingbent into a vertically positioned U=sh'aped:seat open at'its uppersi'de located transverselyj to the length of said rod, a fiX- upper end, a U-shaped stirrup of sheet metal mounted adjacent the opposite end of said rod and depending therefrom, means for holding the stirrup against movement along said rod or rotative movement about said rod, the legs of said stirrup at points below said rod having openings therethrough, and

a se'cond rod passing through the opening in one of the legs in said stirrup and at its end having a reduced section entering the opening of the other leg of said stirrup said secondrod at its opposite end detachably seating in said transverse seat.

bent near one of its ends to form a transverse,

upwardly opening, integral 1 seat, a second rod extending below said wire rodand hav- .5. A pants hanger comprising a Wire rod ing oneof its ends removablysupported on said sea-t, means associated with the wirerod near the end opposite the seatfor attaching an: end of the second rod and supporting said second r'o d below the Wirerod for limited movement of its unconnected end 6. A pants hanger comprisinga horizontal Wire rod, a second rod of compressible mate-rijal located below and substantially parallel witl said wire rod,.means atone end of said rods forconnectlng them together, said means being pressed into'sa-i d. secondlrod for p retention therein and means at the opposite ends of said rods fordetachablyconnecting them: together.v I

In testimony whereof I. aflix my signature.

CARL T. BATTS.

ture 'mounted near the opposite end of said rod and depending below the same, and a second rod having larger cross sectional area than the first rod carried at one end by said fixture below the'firs't' rod; the opposite end of said. second rod being adapted to be re-. nrovably received Within said seat;

3. A pants hanger comprising, awire rod adapted to be secured at its-ends to the lower sides of the diverging arms of a coat hanger, said riod adjacent one end being formed into a transversely located U-shapedseat and adrup of sheet metal mounted on said Wire rod, one of thelegs. of said stirrup having an opening through which the rod" passes and the other leg having avertical slot in its upper end-in Whichthe'iflattened portion of said Wire rod is received, and a second rod connected at one end to s'aidfstirrup "below the .iirstrod,,the opposite end of said second rod being 'detachably recei ve z'd' Within said seat. 41' A pants hanger, comprising, a metal rod formed' adjacent one end with a transversely, disposed U-shaped seat'openfat its 

